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Between Boston and Bombay - Cultural and Commercial Encounters of Yankees and Parsis, 1771-1865 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Between Boston and Bombay - Cultural and Commercial Encounters of Yankees and Parsis, 1771-1865 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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A few years after the American declaration of independence, the
first American ships set sail to India. The commercial links that
American merchant mariners established with the Parsis of Bombay
contributed significantly to the material and intellectual culture
of the early Republic in ways that have not been explored until
now. This book maps the circulation of goods, capital and ideas
between Bombay Parsis and their contemporaries in the northeastern
United States, uncovering a surprising range of cultural
interaction. Just as goods and gifts from the Zoroastrians of India
quickly became an integral part of popular culture along the
eastern seaboard of the U.S., so their newly translated religious
texts had a considerable impact on American thought. Using a wealth
of previously unpublished primary sources, this work presents the
narrative of American-Parsi encounters within the broader context
of developing global trade and knowledge.
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